Why Tekken is better than Street Fighter.

Okay, so 1up's sponsoring a contest for a chance to win a Street Fighter X Tekken Tournament Edition fight stick and all I have to do is create a blog about Tekken? I'd much rather read other people's blogs than write one myself, but it's a SIGNED TOURNAMENT EDITION FIGHT STICK so I don't really have a choice do I?

So why does Tekken beat the crap out of Street Fighter?

No Ken! I like Ken, but unfortunately, so does pretty much every other SF player online. You might as well call Street Fighter's online mode Ken Fighter, because that's what you'll be doing. Sure, sometimes you might catch a break and get to fight some more diverse fighters from Street Fighter's cast... like Ryu... and Akuma.

Hope you like this guy. This might as well be the character select screen.

No block/chip damage. If I had a dollar for every time I've lost while blocking a special move when I had almost no health left, I could buy my own damn fight stick--and it would be attached to an arcade cabinet. Sure, in Street Fighter III you could parry those. And that's why nobody played it. Because people couldn't cheap out a victory at the end. Ask Justin Wong.

No Poison. Sure, Tekken has traps, but not those kinds of traps. Poison conjures up thoughts that should remain forever repressed in the darkest recesses of my psyche.

I'm so confused!

CGI endings. When you beat Tekken, you're rewarded with a popcorn-worthy short film. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll really cry when you watch Tekken: Blood Vengeance. It's still better than Street Fighter endings, where you get to watch sprites move around for a minute or maybe get a picture or three. For SFIV Capcom hired an anime studio to create the endings, but didn't pay them enough to actually animate anything.

No Super Tekken II Turbo. I tried to buy it on eBay. It doesn't exist. Super Street Fighter II Turbo does exist, and so does regular Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III Second Impact, Street Fighter III Third Strike, and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. I know, because I spent all my money collecting them when I should have invested it in comic books.

In conclusion, while the actual quality of the Tekken and Street Fighter games can be left up to debate, I think I've proven beyond all reasonable doubt that Tekken is vastly superior to Street Fighter in the most important of criteria. I love Tekken so much I drew a picture of it years ago.

the picture.

On a serious note, to all my friends, I really appreciate the work you guys put into your blogs. This was fun to write, but it's a lot of work. Sorry about the lame jokes and thanks for reading.

Virtua Fighter

Glad to see Final Showdown is coming to consoles. I have 5 for PS3, but I can't say I'm any good. I used to use Sarah. Ever notice how many blondes in fighting games have had their memory erased? Cammy, Sarah, Nina Williams, Helena from DOA... It's weird.

Jellishot

As much as I love Street Fighter I do think Namco gives more to its' fans. Sure they don't release as many iterations but they pack a truck full of unlockables and bonus content into every last one of their fighters. (I'm pretty excited about SCV btw)

While I didn't "fall in love" Tekken 6 I think it was more due to a rough first impression than the game actually sucking. I need to get back to it sometime!

PS: Poison is a "troll" character meant to cruelly tease heterosexual males and to make them question their orientation. Still, I'd do her/him/it! (Er, I think)

Poison

I actually think Poison is a pretty interesting character, at least from a historical standpoint. It's kind of strange that Capcom's solution to not wanting to portray violence against women in Final Fight was to make her a transgendered character in the US (which, if any kids were actually aware of that at the time, would have opened up an even bigger can of worms lol). And for some reason, Poison's palette swap Roxy was allowed to stay a female. I bet Capcom never thought they'd have to confront this mess years later, but the fact that she wasn't forgotten over the years shows the power of an appealing character design. I never played Final Fight in the arcades, but I remembered seeing her and wondered why she wasn't in the SNES version. I always thought it was because the SNES cart didn't have enough memory or something.

Tekken

Tekken does give you more bang for your buck. I'm still a big Street Fighter fan though... Tekken also feels more accessible to the average gamer too. I know this blog is mostly in jest, but I would have to agree with it. lol.

Soul Calibur V is a little more Street Fighter and a little less Tekken... What do you think?

Yeah.

I should have put SFIV's DLC costumes in there too lol. But I bought them anyway (on sale at least).

Yeah, this blog is totally tongue-in-cheek, but it is based on observations I've had. I could probably poke just as much fun at Tekken though.

Soul Calibur... I never really compared it to Street Fighter, because it's even more of a 3D fighter than Tekken with the 8-way run. The new one does feel a bit like Street Fighter with the new Brave Edge attacks and super move-like Critical Edge attacks.